Election Cycle Is Long Enough

Dear Editor,

On October 1, I answered my door and found a politician standing there who said he was running for state representative again. He then started criticizing State Representative Vern Tincher, saying that he didn't care about us in Owen County, and that Vern Tincher had only a 28 percent voting record for the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce. My reply was that if Vern voted only 28 percent of the time for business, then Vern must have voted for the working people the other 72 percent of the time.

As for Vern forgetting about us in Owen County, I saw him at the Apple Butter Festival and later around the courthouse. Steve and I talked with Vern and his wife, Linda, at the Cataract Bean Dinner, and they were going to the firehouse for beans. Recently, Vern's picture was in the Spencer Evening World when he attended a meeting in Judge Nardi's courtroom. Vern and Linda were also at the Antique Farm Machinery Show. That is four times in two weeks that Vern was in Owen County.

I would prefer a politician tell me what he hopes to accomplish regarding schools, job creation, property taxes, etc. rather than criticize his/her opponent. The election cycle is long enough - please give doorto door a rest until it actually is the election year.